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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-04

The Democraiic State Convention Of Mary
land assembled in Baltimore on the 9Th ult and
the following State ticket was nominated and
adopted with unanimity: For Governor. Eilnu
E. Jackson, Of Wicomico; for Attorney General
ex. United States Senator William Pinkney
White, Of Baltimore; Tor Comptroller, l. Victor
Bauehman, of Frederick county. This ticket 10
q strong one, gives general satisfaction and will
heal all differences heretofore existing in the
Democratic party Of Maryland. President
Cleveland's administration was warmly en-
dorsed by the Convention. which also declared
in favor Of reduction Of taxeA ID
Tr.e - Every Trust.
Waldo Advertised
The entire life Of Governor Perry IL . rcfoia-
ton Of the silly charges brought against him.
Strong in his convictions OF right fearless in his
expression Of them, and possessing tho rare fac
ulty of impressing all intelligent men with the
purity and sincerity of his motives, the people
have not yet failed 10 respect the reasons he has
given to sustain any position he has taken. He
is courageous and manly in action, and wise and
iudicious in council Pure and incOrruptible,
we believe his official hands are as white Is the
newly fallen snowflake. Abuse and misrepre-
sentation he can trample upon and defy, for he
still maintains the purity Of his manhood,
and we believe he would sacrifice his life were Ii
necessary to the conscientious discharge OF duty,
as he understands it. The whole biography Of
Governor Perry may be written in the one word
FIDELITY. He has always been true to himself,
and true 70 every trust reposed in him, and 30
courageous is he in his convictions-nay, we
might say daringly aggressive-and 90 intellec-
tually defiant In the support OF principle that
Senator Mann could as easily lay his hand on
old Oceans name and calm iu fury as he could
lead Governor Perry from the strict line Of duty.
Governor Perry will do nothing that fails to
command the assent of his reason or of his con-
science, and he will discharge TO the uttermost
every duty, public or private; faithful to the end,
he will retire from the gubernatorial chair with
the approval Of his own conscience and the con-
fidence and esteem of the people of Florida.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-04

0outhARA Rla0 Se11o - tine 01WeA.
spo.. can b. found n S~e[ the pine hills of
the Southern States - healthy a. any forests In
The world. Some iavalids axe beginaing 10 m
derssand this fAce aad profit By H. Al lsaak .
million inv.lids and wealthy people 10 tAs North
and Wesl wesld viatx IN these Southern pine
hills and On sAs GuH shore sheY knew the
honest truth about the climass Of the Soashern
StateA-CAiaags 1S@ex
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-04

Observation-Disclosures Mabry, of Leesburg.
esrtvee In The city this morning. He reports
Lesssarg and Asr people In prosperous oondl
tion, and b bouyant with hopes over the fhture
Of Lake county. The Goyesnos lacks Wen and
shinks sAat II , very importaat that the county
slts o. LAks ccanty ahoaid b determined upon
= sooa = posthas. There Il no doubt but shat
b Sosrsct+ Orsaade GmtisA. ! Is 80,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-04

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Cow 1sr ys,~dsy ,ppoia,ed = Rail-
road Co 116uass. usdsr H. ct paassd q -
secsit stsusoa oexAe lghasGls. q Ce1kJ9
lice GenrEs g. lew prsr - Mlsoa ssx-C
caip1adee Eno& J. vbaa. q lade a. Hok
w1Eah Hmsassf W(ksss. aak cse60.
1Ae hShatide of tie Railroad Commaaioa b
one 6the meas important dunes imposed upon
Governor Perry since his Inauguration ~ Chief
Magistrate Of the great and growing State Of
Foeida TAssa elolno9 ~ gensAslnsa uamed
Sot this great trust vim not Cor moment doubt
the Wisdom execlssd BY ne Executive In thetr
appointment and We con6deatly predict that II
this--as In I'll Ae acss-tims win deMOnserase
that Goveznor Perry has acted wisely.
The vasa and important interests committed 70
their care viii be carefully guarded and judi.
cio0sly administered.
Judge George g. McWhorter Is well known
throughout the State - an able jarist and tai
ensed gentleman, having At different times held
the important positions Of Speaker Of the Assem-
DIV. Presidential Elector, and Chief Justice Of
the SupremsCoart, which latter trust he resigned
last June
Judge VAnn has long been among The most
prominent and highly esteemed citizens OF
Florida. and Is extensively known Is lawyer OF
wide information and decided ability. For six
years he was Judge of the Third Judicial Cir
cult
Hon. William Hines, Of Sumter, Is one Of the
staunch, reliable men of the peninsular portion
Of the State, gentleman of excellent busin ess
qualifications and fine executive ability. He
was leading member OF the Legislature of 1885,
| and will prove valuable member Of the COM
| mission.
The ID. q. Il r. .. n
The surveying corps Of the Birmingham, Geor-
| gia and Florida Railroad Compapy reached the
| city on Saturday and started on their return
Monday The line was run along the south and
west shore of Lake jackson, and the data as TO
the route on the north and east side Of the lake,
| taken by Colonel John Bradford some time since,
was procured, and from these the most practical
| BILE entrance into Tallahassee will be selected.
Captain J. de B. Hooper, the Chief Engineer,
is pleased with the route he has located, and ex
press the opinion that work ON the road from Co
lumbus via Bainbridge to Tallahassee will begin
shortly.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-04

tn rs.ost TiosidIass boast of-hsnsy
Hail. Pablo Beach. Su
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-04

Have yoa Waited Marry Al,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-04

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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-08-04

en masse and give him large audience. People
from al over the county are expected to be
present All are ipyited.-RartOU Informant
M +. }. foD, q successful lnercilant oil
our sister town, Ascclenny, gives this sensibls
talk 70 hi local paper: "a business man in
town asked me the other day whether thought
IL paid tbese dull dmes to expend 70 much for
advertising promptly told him Ii did-it paid
me Il prevented times from being dun Ct my
sore have some bargains to offer, and let the
people know Il through the FLORIDA Gsntinsl. and
tbey come 10 buy. Times are mot 90 dall O.
some people imagine. Ny experience, and the
experience Of business men in general, is evi-
deDcs that liberal advertising pays. have
something 70 cell, and lot the people know It.
That h business Give me good place, and
come over and Try one or those new cigar
Good Bight"-LaEs 1iy Tobacco Pant 4. -.
Thu New York San thus describes dinner
osdsred By M. Henry George and DR.. AcGlynn
II Coney Island some evening". age. Evidently
he chief Of the AMI Poverty Society lives we'll,
Mr.. George seemed TO think, 20 taS q soup was
concerned. bisque Of CLANS h Manhastaa, was
he peoper cape. DR.. NeGlyaa cordially CO.
i1cidsd The soup was any cents each. .Thsn
followed nsh jim he. regulation order. Boiled
sbeephead Il Hollandaise, sixty CENTS, Soft
crabs came next, also sixty cents, Then
bolled sprins chicken Il t1e6 pr 1bwli snd
here Eers two Of them, q eour.e and q plain.
sTay day ssrt Of desert In the shape Of. 10
cream, codee, and % on, the whole washed down
b. ehn-poxsrty bfand q burgundy lateied Ma
con.' Mr.. Gsnsse tlsn. tpukht 8 tvsn1y-lvi
CT Gglr knOyp - H. j ReGpllei Ralna Chica,1
81 and he pleudih ~ Tie @ultitnde he i've.
Rs4<i1nea Ii fbe home VA Bay Rtdea, N.
ee>Y woad hsvs bought two cigars bdt Dr.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
0 A MORTGAGE.

The editor of the Santa Anna Stan
dard, having just succeeded in paying
a mortgage on his ranch in Orange
thrope, rejoices in the full ownership
of "61 acres of as fine land as Califor-
MIA boasts" His experience with the
"dead pledge now SO happily past
moves him to wise reflections, as
follows: "a mortgage is a queer insti-
tuition. 1t makes a man rustic and
keeps him poor. 1t is a strong incen
tive to. action, and a wholesome re-
hinder of the fleeing months and
years. It is fully as %symbolical in its
meeting as the hour-glass and scythe,
that represent death. A mortgage
also represents industry, because it is
never idle and never rests. It is like
a bosom friend, because the greater
the adversely the closer it sticks to a
fellow. 1t is like a brave soldier-it
W hesitates at charges nor fears to
close in on the enemy. 1t is like the
sand-bag of the thug-silent in appli-
cation, but deadly in effect. 1t is like
the hand of providence-it spreads all
over the creation, and it's influence is
everywhere visible. 1t is like the
grasp Of a devil-fsh-the longer it
holds, the greater it's strength. It will
exercise feeble energies and lend &C.
tivity to a sluggish brain, but no mat
ter how hard the debtors work, the
mortgage works harder still. A mort
gage is a good thing to have in the
family-provided always it is in some
body else's family. 1t is like a boil
always a good thing on some other
fellow. It makes one sour, cross,
selfish, unsociable and miserable, and
rarely does him any good, only to ex-
ercise him. In that respect it is equal
to Vigor of Life or the latest patent
medicine. We've had our last one
as far as we know ourself. We would
rather have the ague than have a
mortgage. Adieu, old death pail, a
fond adieu."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
States is, that we send too much
money out Of the State. We have

States is, that we send too much
money out Of the State. We have
become to a great extent the mere
producers of the raw material, the
mere hewers of wood, with not enough
of that skill which produces wealth.
Take for example the single item of
fertilizers. Our learned State Chemist
informs us that in this State we pay
out every year about three millions of
dollars for fertilizers manufactured out
of the State. To make the money to
meet this enormous tribute, we cult
vate our best lands to exhaustion
with the so-called monied crops, cotton
and tobacco. At the end Of the year
we must pay the tribute. "Gather
and deliver" is the mandate from
which there is no escape.
We also purchase most of our
wagons, farming tools, household and
kitchen furniture, hats shoes, dry
goods and notions, North. Strange
to say, our granary and our smoke
house is in the Northwest, and u
work shop in the North and North
east. W. produce the raw material
at ruinous prices, are destroying our
forests and selling our timber for a
trihe. We are cultivating our lands
to exhaustion our fields are already
too poor to pay for the labor of cult
waiting them, and under the present
system they will become poorer and
poorer every year. Under the laws of
trade on the n hand, labor organiza-
tions on the other, with the memorable
tax gatherer before us we must either
provide an adequate remedy or pre-
pare to abandon our homes and our
heritage.
The remedy is to keep our money at
home !; make our own fertilizers and
manures ; improve our lands by cult
walton and rotation of crops make
u W supplies F.; manufacture our
own raw materials build up our own
work shops, and give more dignity to
labor. Educate men and women to
industry and not to idleness. Make
common cause with all laborers every
where in securing to them and our
selves all the rights of American citi-
zens. And above all, support the
Government, both State and National,
in all their supremacy, dignity and
power. ORANGE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARME1
OAKS, N. c., June 10, 1887.

OAKS, N. c., June 10, 1887.
Your communication from Winston
will receive the most cordial approval.
The State should be well represented
in the convention at Atlanta August
10th. I have no doubt the Governor
and Commissioner of Agriculture will
discharge the duty Of appointing dele
gates to that convention wisely and
we'll. It may not be amiss to consider
what such a convention may do. It
is very clear that the Farmers Con-
vention of January 26th, in adopting
the resolution of Mr.. Solomon Reid, of
Mecklenburg thought that much might
be done.
It is a good rule to understand the
evils to be remedied before the remedy
is applied-to make a diagnosis Of the
disease before administering the medi-
cine. That causes exist for the pres
ent depression of farming interests no
one can deny. The unfavorable seas
ons and short crops for the last few
years have doubtless contributed to
the result, but they are not the causes
which we propose to consider o
remedy.
The first and most obvious cause of
depression in this and other Southern
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
CONSERVATIVE FARMERS-BY
A FARMER.

Farmers, as a class. are rated some
what conservative.
The ownership of soil in fee simple,
with the privilege of holding more
than he needs, promotes conservatism.
He looks upon high prices for produce
and low wages as in his interest. His
radicalism usually crops out in resolu-
tions against monopolistic transporta-
ton extortion, and high rates of inter
est on mortgages. The railroad kings
and bankers tread upon his Immediate
corns. His conservatism on the one
hand and his radicalism on the other
are owing to closely surrounding con-
ditions. Touch a man where he lives
and we wake him up. He opens out
or closes in accordance with the. pres
sure or resistance.
But there are classes of conserva-
tism among farmers.
To acquire and hold against the use
Of others more land than one can use
is aggressive conservatism. To hold
the land for a rise in price is a logged
conservatism. To hold it to collect
rental from other mems labor and en-
terprise is lordly conservatism mildly
expressed. To hold land to be worked
by cheapened labor, to build up wealth
for self at the expense of others, is ex-
tortionate conservatism. To pay big
usury on big mortgages to drones,
while man and beast are overworked
and poorly fed to meet their demands,
is slavish conservatism.
To use big gains and a bank &C.
count to swell ones self-importance, to
seek the society of nabobs and ape the
ways Of ~aristocrats, is pompous con-
servatism. There are farmers whose
incomes are of nor value than home
comforts who count success in life
by the cent per cent standard; mlser-
able conservatives!
But all farmers are not members of
any conservative class. Many of
them are natures noblemen men OF
broad mind, open heart and honest
purposes-radical from principle, just
by virtue of inherent good-cultiva-
ted gentlemen, home-builders, support
ers of wholesome laws, active in re-
forms, and ever ready to oppose the
wrong and aid the rights. Harris
Herring, IN Saointon's Paper.
A good remedy for a burn or scald
is said to be potatoes grated and ap-
piled as a poultice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16
PLAIN FACTS EOR FARMERS.
One Reason why Some Farmers will
Remain Without Money.

One Reason why Some Farmers will
Remain Without Money.
If Secretary Lamar is correct in bis
diagnosis of the ailment affecting the
South, then we are bad off indeed, and
growing worse. If the people con
sumo more than they produce for sew
eral years, they will certainly reach
bankruptcy. There can be no doubt
about that. Let us consider how the
matter stands in the Piedmont belt.
Here we buy everything made of iron.
Even the agricultural implements are
all kept ready made in the stores.
The old fashioned blacksmiths are
passing away. On an ordinary farm
the only blacksmith work done is
sharpening ploughs and shoeing horses,
and the shoes and nails are bought
from the store. All clothing is bought,
and in the case of men most of it is
ready-made. Nearly all of our leather
and leather goods come from abroad.
Our household and kitchen furniture
is not made in this State. Many farm
ers today will sit down to dinner and
eat bacon from Chicago, bread from
Louisville, molasses from some far
away place, and if they use vinegar it
comes from some chemical shop in
New England. Take a plough hand
as he drives ahead today. His plough
stock is made in Georgia, his plough
in Richmond, his names in Connecti-
cut, his trace chains in Pittsburg, his
cotton plough-line in Massachusetts
and his mule comes from Kentucky.
Such is his outfit. Secretary Lamar
was not far in the wrong.
Now what does the average farmer
sell to replace the money paid out for
his supplies? If n would watch our
depots at this season of the year he
would be forced to come to the conclu-
sion that he sells absolutely nothing,
for the outgoing freight trains r all
empty. They come loaded with bacon,
-four, corn, goods, machinery and i'm
plements and return empty. Now and
then a bale or two of rags may be sent
from u State, but that is about all
except the products of our cotton mills.
A few cattle r occasionally shipped
from our upper counties. Then cot
ton is the only thing our farmers
ship abroad to replace the money they
have to pay for everything they need.
The question as to whether we are
spending more than we make is still
unanswered. It would be we'll if our
department. of agriculture would ap-
proximate the actual facts of the case,
so that the people may ascertain how
bad off they are.
It is not wise or manly to grumble,
but is we'll to our condition sauarely in
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16

the face. Nc sick man ever takes
medicine so long as he thinks himself
we'll, neither does one reform his life
while he thinks himself good enough.
The farmers in the upper part Of the
State need plain facts and plain talk.
They have it in them to rise from the
present depression and become suc
cessful and thrifty farmers.-News
and Courier.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-06-16

A good remedy for a burn or scald
is said to be potatoes grated and ap-
piled as a poultice.
Sharp County record., 1887-12-22
LOUISIANA LEPERS.
Unfortunate Sufferers Who, Though Alive
Arc Dead to Mankind.

Arc Dead to Mankind.
What was once known as "LeperS'
Land" on st. Johns bayou, is now built
mn with pretty houses. 1t gained its name
from the fact that when Spain ruled the
land Governor Miro founded hospital on
this spot. Rebecca Harding Davis, who
is now travelling in the Arcadian country,
writes on the subject Of the louisiana
lepers in Ha1per'S, from information
gained from the parish priest.
The dreadful disease first made its ap-
pearance twenty years ago in AbbeVllle.
The first attacked was arnold Creole lady,
her father having probably brought the
tainted blood from France. When the
white scales appeared upon her face her
family all fed away from her in terror
even her husband.
Young woman nursed her for three
wears. until the old woman died at last A
FEW wears afterward she married young
farmer and lived happily with him in
little cabin on the edge of the swamp.
One day q shining white spot appeared on
hor forehead In four years she was
ad.
There Is no cure. The tainted families
can only 90 off to some secluded spot in
Tie wilderness and wait their summons.
The real 'Land of the Lepers," as it is
called in French, is situated on the lower
Lofourche, below Harang's canal.
The bayou thcrc is turbd and foul; it
flows through malarious swamps lower
than itself. The Creole planters there are
honest and temperate folk, but they
are wretchedly poor. They raise
only rice, and live on it and
fish. The wet rice fields come up to
the very doors of their cabins. The lep-
ROSY which certain families among them
have inherited is developed by these con-
iitions. Five years ago Prof. Joseph
Jones, president of the State Board of
Health, went himself with his son to ex.
p!ore the cypress swamps and lagoons of
tho lower Lafourche. 1t is the region OF
tho shadow of DEATH He found many poor
lcpers hiding there. They were as dead
men who walk and talk. They could
handle burning Goals; they felt no longer
cold, nor heat nor pain. Their bodies were
as corpsos. One man lived alone in hut
tbatched with palmettoes, which he had
built for himself, eating only the rice
which he had piauted. No man nor wom'
an had come near him for years.
Sharp County record., 1887-12-22

No other term than the above would apply
to the woman who could see her youthful
beauty fading away without pang of re-
gret. Many a woman becomes prematurely
old and haggard because of functional de-
rangement. What pity that all such do
not know that DR.. Pierces Favorite Pre-
scription will restore their organs to a
normal state, and make them youthful and
beautiful once more For the ills to which
the daughters Of Eve are peculiarly liable
the prescription is q sovereign remedy.
1t is the only medicine sold by druggists
under positive guarantee from the manu-
facturers, that it will give satisfaction in
every case, orm0ney will be returned. See
guarantee on bottle wrapper.
Sharp County record., 1887-12-22
BridegrOOms in Hard Luck.

Young couples in Portland, Me-, who
have recently returned from bridal tours
are comparing notes. One bridegroom
was detained by the poics on suspicion
that he might be law-breaker for whom
they were boxing. Another was taken
into custody because he answered
the description of man who had
eloped. Tie incident spoiled the journey
of the bride, who was thereafter seized
with nervousness whenever policeman
cana in SIGHT.
Sharp County record., 1887-12-22

SAFE, permanent and complete are the
cures of bilious and intermittent diseases,
made by Prickly Ash Bitters. Dyspepsia,
general debility, habtual constipation, liver
and kidney complaints are speedily eradi-
Gated from the system. 1t disinfects,
cleanses and eliminates all malaria. Health
and vigor are obtained more rapidly and
antidote than by any other remedy hereto
fore known. As blood purifier and tonic
it brings health, renewed energy and vital
ity to worn and diseased body.
Sharp County record., 1887-12-22
A Babe i'm tho House

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Frightening manya dark 6os cloud I'D. and light
tinual abide Only in a healthy body. The
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over the earth vegetable remedies for every
i'll of human kind This marvellous Labora-
tory reveals it's secrets to man only by long
and searching labor Few men have at
tanned greater success than DR.. r. V.
Pierce; nor devised for suffering humanity
greater production than his Golden Med
ical Discovery the unfaihng remedy for
consumption in its earlier stages, as well as
for chronic nasal catarrh, scrofula, tumors
and all blood disorders.
Sharp County record., 1887-12-22

"THAT Miss Jones is nice-looking girl,
isn't she?"
Eyes, and she'd be the belle of the town
II it wasn't for one thing.n
"What's that?"
"She has the catarrh so bad it is unpeas-
ant to be near her. She has tried dozen
things and nothing helps her. l am sorry,
for like her, but that doesn't make it any
less disagreeable for one to be around herr
. Now if she had used DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy, there would have been nothing Of
the kind said, for it will cure catarrh every
time
Sharp County record., 1887-12-22
Working Beneath Your Ribs

The liver daily turns out yellow liquid
utilized in several ways in the system
but when diverted from its proper uses,
blood poison of pernicious activity.
For yellowness of the skin, nausea furred
tongue, and other indicia of biliousness, use
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and insure
speedy relief. Use it, also, for constipation,
kidney and bladder ailments, rheumatism
and dyspepsia.